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 | The Rockair technique (research rocket launched from aircraft) was developed by the Office of Naval Research and the University of Maryland. |
| This USAF version of the Navy Rockair (research rocket launched from aircraft) vehicle consisted of a Deacon rocket launched from an F-86D Sabrejet fighter.... |
| Launch vehicle design by NPO Molniya / TsAGI that would utilize air launch from a giant cargo aircraft capable of lifting 900 tonne payloads. |
| SPACE.com -- Fresh Crew Heads to Space Station in Tribute to Columbia (812 words) |
| Launched into orbit aboard Endeavour last November, Expedition Six commander Ken Bowersox, science officer Don Pettit and Soyuz commander Nikolai Budarin were scheduled to be returned to Earth aboard shuttle Atlantis in March. |
| Lu told journalists before the launch that it was particularly fitting he stayed in the same room in Baikonur's Cosmonaut Hotel as the crew that participated in the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project. |
| When shuttle launch operations resume, the first mission will be a resupply flight to the station led by veteran commander Eileen Collins. |
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